Have you ever wondered how your life might have turned out if you made a different decision, taken a different job, married a different person, moved to a different city? How about […]
What-ifs of West Orange Co.
From Philly to Twilight Zone
By Jim Tortolano/Orange County Tribune The Oakland Athletics, who have been known by many names since the franchise started in 1901, now deserve a new name. The Oakland Lame Ducks. It’s official: […]
Lisa Kim: London to Lampson
By Jim Tortolano/Orange County Tribune She was born in Hong Kong, moved to London, crossed the pond to California and has lived in Irvine for 25 years, but she’s ready to become […]
Benefits of House of Mouse
When I am out of town (i.e., out of the Golden State) people will ask me, “So, where are you from?” I start with, “Garden Grove.” Blank look. “Orange County.” Puzzled look, […]
Hail to the noble backstop!
By Jim Tortolano/Orange County Tribune I have to admit I am partial to catchers. They work the hardest during a game, enduring a lot of fatigue and pain, and – at the […]
Please, don’t bump the ump out
By Jim Tortolano/Orange County Tribune Some time shortly after fire was discovered (or invented) I tried my hand at umpiring some girls’ softball games. I didn’t really have a talent for it, […]
Hello, to the new Bolsa Pacific
By Jim Tortolano/Orange County Tribune Back in 1974 when Gerald Ford was president and the Rams still played in the Coliseum, the newest and hottest shopping attraction in Orange County was the […]
It was duck, cover and hope
The bell was loud, sharp and long. It was the “duck and cover” alarm that was used in my elementary school in Garden Grove – and doubtless many other Orange County schools […]
Winning still isn’t everything
All good things, goes the saying, must come to an end. Well, actually, that is good. Searching for a story behind pitch clocks and guessing where Shohei will play next year, followers […]
Rams left; St. L loves football
By Jim Tortolano/Orange County Tribune It’s unlikely that many Rams fans shed a tear when Stan Kroenke brought the team back from Missouri, leaving St. Louis without pro football. After all, didn’t […]
